Boil the whole chicken with water in a large pot (always add one peeled whole onion in it, discard after boiling). Take the chicken out of the stock* and let it cool down. Then remove one piece of chicken breast**. Usually a whole chicken is too much for the sauce. Discard the skin and all the bones from the remaining chicken. Tear it apart in medium sized chunks with your fingers.

In a large skillet, cook the onion with olive oil on medium-low heat for a few minutes. Then add the garlic, salt and pepper. Saute until the smell of the garlic comes out.

Add the flour, stir and slowly pour the warm milk*** in it while stirring constantly. The milk and flour should blend very well. You can use an egg beater. Turn the heat off. Mix the chicken, zucchini, mushroom and green onions with the flour sauce and arrange them in the Pyrex dish. Sprinkle the shredded cheese on top.

Preheat the oven to 400 F (200 C) and bake for about 40-45 minutes until the colour of the top turns golden.

Thank you for your delicious Turkish recipes! I am half Turkish but never got into cooking this cuisine until I found your site 2 months ago. Thanks again for getting me in touch with my heritage. It is the perfect cuisine. :)

I AM GLAD TO HAVE FOUND THIS SITE AND HAVE REALLY LOVED THE RECIPES I HAVE TRIED - AND SO HAS MY TURKISH HUSBAND. BUT ONE QUESTION PLEASE - I WANT TO TRY THE CHICKEN IN WHITE SAUCE BUT HOW LONG SHOULD I BOIL THE CHICKEN FOR? SAY, HOW MANY MINUTES PER KILO?THANKSMARGARET

Hi Margaret,Thank you:) Cover the chicken with water. Then check the chicken(breast part) with the point of a knife. If there is some blood or itis still pink inside I continue to cook. I think maybe 25-30 minutes after it starts to boil. Turn the chicken over half way through.

Hello. Hope you are well. A newbie have arrived at your blog :) I'm from Pakistan but I love to try continental foods so here I am, looking forward to try your Turkish recipes particularly Salads,Pasta and drinks.

In the aforementioned recipe, would you please tell me how much chicken we have to use? Only one breast piece? And boneless, right? Sorry I didn't get this in your recipe.. hope you don't mind my silly questions :)

Hi Aminah,Thank you I am good:) Cook one whole chicken. After that remove one piece of chicken breast, There will be left one whole chicken without one breast. Remove all the bones and skins. Then prepare the sauce, toss it with chicken and vegetables.Take care:)

Hello Binnur,Hello, hope all is well. Thank you for this wonderful site, my friend is Turkish and I am hoping to make some turkish food for her, I just hope my American supermarket carries these ingredients. I am wondering if I can substitute a boneless chicken and just boil that instead boiling a whole chicken. I just don't want to peel and go through all the bones. Is this possible? or will it ruin the dish?thanks.

Oh Binnur, this was wonderful, as all of your other recipes that I've tried have been. I did not have mushrooms at home so I subsituted green pepper and it was so good. Thank you so much for your recipes, I know I can always trust your site because everything I have made turned out great. Every time that I don't know what to cook I check your site.